Legal Opinion

Lang v. Eagle Fire Co.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided July 1, 1896PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Appeal by the defendant, The Eagle Fire Company, from a judgment of the Supreme'Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Monroe on the 22d day of April, 1896, upon the verdict of a jury rendered after a trial at a Trial Term of the Supreme Court held in and for the county of Monroe, with notice of an intention to bring up for review upon such appeal an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 22d day of April, 1896, denying the…

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Appeal by the defendant, The Eagle Fire Company, from a judgment of the Supreme'Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Monroe on the 22d day of April, 1896, upon the verdict of a jury rendered after a trial at a Trial Term of the Supreme Court held in and for the county of Monroe, with notice of an intention to bring up for review upon such appeal an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 22d day of April, 1896, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.

1Opinion of the CourtAdams, J.

The policy of insurance upon which this action is brought, and which was issued by the defendant to the plaintiff, purports to . insure the latter in the sum of “ $200 on his bar-room furniture and ffxtores, bar furniture and fixture apparatus,’signs and awnings in and on building,” and also, “ $800 on his stock of ales, wines, *41liquors, tobacco and cigars, all while contained in basement and first floor of the brick building, situate No. 214 on the north side of Andrews street, Rochester, N. Y.”

The policy was dated August 12, 1892, the risk.extending for a period of one year from that time,…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. McNally v. Phœnix InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
  2. Brink v. . Hanover Fire Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1880
  3. Knickerbocker Life Insurance v. PendletonSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
  4. Rosenwald v. Phenix Ins.New York Supreme Court · 1888

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Turner v. New Brunswick Fire Ins. Co.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1941
  2. Stout v. Phoenix Assurance Co. of LondonNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1904
  3. Flaherty v. Continental InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
  4. Mercantile Trust Co. v. GimbernatAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1911
  5. Collins v. McWilliamsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1919

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